As twitter continues to grow in popularity, a number of companies have chosen to use twitter as a method for customer support. Twitter is all about conversation and businesses must be an active part of that dialogue to support their brand image and customer loyalty. There are four main ways to use twitter as a [...]
Jeremy Osborn's Articles
Quality Design Requires Learning to Forget
It is easy to forget that everyone may not see the world as you do. Of course we know that everyone is different, and people have different beliefs on religion and politics. However we forget that what separates us is not just perspective but knowledge. While an understanding of perspective is crucial to all markets [...]
Content First: Reordering Content in HTML for Improved SEO
Most developers do not really think about the order of the content in an HTML document. Because of the nature of HTML and CSS, most web pages are coded in the order they appear on the screen. While this is the most commonly used practice, there are compelling SEO advantages to placing the content first in your HTML document followed by your navigation.
Typekit: Using Real Fonts with Just CSS
Designers who are able to use any font they own for print design, have always been frustrated with the lack of font support in browsers. Over the years various options have appeared to help bring typographic variety to the web. Each solution comes with it own advantages and Disadvantages. Now that there is a relatively new option out there, Typekit, we decided to review all the options for non standard typography for websites.
Do I need an iPad version of my website?
With all of the press around the iPad many website owners are wondering whether it make sense to invest the effort to create an iPad version of their website. That decision comes down to three questions:
Does the iPad demographic match my demographic?
Are users going to use the iPad to surf my site?
Does my [...]
GPS: Getting Lost is a Thing of the Past
With more and more cars installed with GPS and more and more cell phones GPS enabled, the days of getting lost on the roadways are close to nonexistent. While it will be a while before everyone has these devices, the days of fretting about getting around a new city and driving in circles while trying [...]
Should You Drag to Share?
All sites want to increase the rate in which their users are sharing their content to grow their page views and audience. This is why social media linking has moved from the fringe to essential.
Share Bookmarking is Essential
While this may be obvious to most readers, a sharing plan should be a basic component of all [...]
Knowledge in Our Pockets, Not in Our Heads
Written by: Jeremy Osborn
The internet and more recently the mobile web on cell phones has changed the way we discuss information in conversations. When I was growing up information was stored in one of two ways; in books and in our heads. If we could not recall something we walked over to an encyclopedia or some [...]
Category: Commentary, How Technology Changes Our Lives, Mobile Web
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